Combined hat-ornament band and hat-pin-point protector.



. 0. W, SGHLEIER. COMBINED HAT ORNAMENT BAND AND HAT PIN POINT PROTECTOR. Y Am LwAfloN FILED MAR.27. 1911.

1,034,310. Patented July 30,1912;

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COMBINED HAT ORNAMENT BAND AND HAT PIN POINT PROTECTOR v APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1911. 1,034,310.

: Patnted July 30,1912.

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Elwucmtoa yam UNITED STATES.

"PA NT. OFFICE.

CHARLES -w. 'scHLEInn, or WELLSTON, rssoum.

columnar) HAT-ORNAMENT BAND Ania IHAQQTI-PIN-POINT rno'rEc'roR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July so, 1912.

Application 'filed March 27, 1911. Serial No. 617,041.

To an waom, it may mean.

Be it ,known that I, CHARLES W. SCI-ILEIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vellston, in the county of St.

Louis and State of Missouri, have invented 'which may remain'a permanent part thereof and which not only adds to the ornamentality of the'hat but also protects the point of a hat pin, so as to efiectively overcome the dangers of the projecting pins, when the hat isworn on public thoroughfares.

Another object of the invention is the provision, in a device of this character, of

a .means whereby thehat pin is secured both adjacent itshead and its point, the securing device for 'the point comprising a shield whicheflectively protects the said point.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which secures both the point and the head of the pin, the said device adapted to exert a suflicient amount of pressure between the head and the pin to prevent the. accidental removal of the said device from the pin.

With the above objects in view, andothers which will appear as the nature of the invention progresses, the improvement resides in the novel constructionand arrangementof parts hereinafter fully described andclaimed. In the drawings, accompanying this specification, there has been illustrated "a simple and preferred embodiment of the improvement, it being understood, however, that the showing therein is merely illustrative, and that minor details, such as size, proportion, material, etc, which fall within the scopeof the appended claims, may be resorted to if desired.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my device in applied position upon a ladys hat. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same removed from the hat. Fig. 3 is a similar .view, parts being shown in section, and illustrating the hat pin swung free of its shield or pocket. Fig.

4 isa top plan view of the improvement, the hat pin being illustrated as a separate member. Fig, 5 is a detail plan view illustrating a slightly modified form of the point receivingshield or pocket. 6 is a similar view illustrating a still further form of the shield or pocket.

It is a well known fact that the projecting points of pins inserted in ladies hats has become a great source of danger and a menace to the public, especially when the hat is worn on crowded thoroughfares, street cars, public places, such as churches, assemblies, theaters, etc. The projecting pins are also a source of danger even when the hat is removed from the head of the, wearer, as will be readily understood, and it is the primary object of the present invention to provide a simple and eifective device which not only overcomes the above named objections,-butwhich also adds greatly to the ornamentation of the hat. To accomplish this purpose, I-have provided a device comprising essentially a band 1 which may be construct-. ed of any desired material having sufiicient resiliency to normally force its ends one toward the other. One end of the band is provided with a hinged member 2, while the opppsite end of the band is bent upon itself to form a pocket or shield .3. The inner wall of the said pocket 3 is provided with an opening 4, the latter adapted to serve as a means whereby the pointedend of a hat pin body may be positioned within the pocketor shield. The band 1 may be suitably ornamental, and the pocket 'or' shield 3 may be likewise formed with an ornamental head, as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings. The pin 5 may have its headed portion secured to the hinge 2 as illustrated in Figs 1,2 and 3 of the. drawings, or the hinge 2'may be'provided with a suitable openingthrough which the pin 5 may be inserted and the head 6 thereof brought into contact with the hinge 2.

It is to be understood that the band 1 may be secured to the hat if desired, but in most The yieldable band is then swung around.v

the hat until the opening4 of the' shield or protector 3 is brought to register with the point of the pin when the said shield, v i

then the band is brought around the hat so that the point of the pin is received in the shield or protector 3.

, In Fig. 5 I have illustrated the shield or protector a substantially rectangular element, and whereby a suitable ornamented head 14 having its back flattened maybe at tached to the flattened outer face of the shield or protector 15.

In Fig. 6 the shield or protector 16 has its outer face rounded, whereby a cone or hollow ornamental head 17 may be snuglypo sitioned thereon and secured thereto.

It is to be understood that the hat pins as well as the band may be of any desired size to accommodate themselves to the various sizes of hats according to the enangmg styles, and in order to more effectively sustain the pin within the pocket of the device I have formed the inner-face of the said pocket, adjacent the outer edge thereof, with the curved hooks 18, the same adapted to enter the hat after the shield or protector has engaged with the pin.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of thedevice, as well as the advantages thereof, will, it is thought, coinmend themselves to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain, and it is thought that the above description taken Uopifip of thispatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing 'the in connection with the drawings will fully set forth the details of my structure.

Having thus fully described the said invention, what I claim is LA hat band and pin point protector comprising an elastic band of flattened material, the said band having one of its ends provided with a hinged member, the said reception of the hat pin, the opposite end of the band being bent upon itself to provide a pocket, the inner wall of the said pocket having an opening through which the end of the hat pin is adapted to pass ;into the pocket, and the said pocket havingi jle of its edges provided with a hook adapted to engage with the hat.

' 2. A device for the purpose set forth comprising a flattened elastic band of an arcuate formation, the said band having one of its ends provided with a hinged portion, said hinged member having an opening, the opposite end of the band being bent to proride an inwardly extending angular portion, provided with a hook and having a wall connecting the said angular portion with the band, the said wall being provided with an opening, the opening of the wall as well as the opening of the hinged member adapted to receive the hat pin, and the hook of the wall adapted to be insertedinto the hat. a V

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. SCHLEIER.

Witnesses:

WM. J. KoERTH, E. S. CLARKsoN.

Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. G.

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